Four AcesCompleted by Gillian Mahoney

I printed the designs onto Kodak 3* gloss photo paper & glued onto card.I stitched all cards seperately & rounded the corners. They would make wonderful cards used individually,but I wanted to showcase them as a full-hand,so I used double-sided tape to make them into a fan shape.

I then used an A4 piece of card as a base for an Easel card.For the covering design,I got a pack of cards,laid them face up on the printer & printed 2 sheets of the reverse side of the cards.I then glued them,1 on each side of my base card.I mounted the stitched cards to this using double-sided tape & trimmed the sides off the base card to fit the fan shaped cards.I rounded the corners on the front base piece.For the stopper I used the reverse of a playing card,reduced it,printed 3 copies,put on cardboard,used double-sided foam with double thickness on 1 edge only of each. When placed on top of each other they gradually leant forward & the message could be more easily seen.

Because of the excellent design of the stitched cards,no other embellishment was needed.My nephew will love this card as much as I do & I'm going to have fun using the designs in other ways.